flotante
Spanish, adjective/floˈtante/
flotante is spelled F-L-O-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,033rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flotante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “floating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que flota”.
What does flotante mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que flota. 2. Que fluctúa. 3. Dicho de una tarima: que no está fijado al suelo. 4. Dicho de una costilla: que su extremo anterior no está fijo.
noun: 1. Mecanismo fijado con dispositivos que amortiguan los golpes o vibraciones. 2. Esfera plástica hueca que se fija a una varilla la cual cuenta con una válvula que obstruye la salida de llenado sin fin y se fija al borde de la misma, todo con el fin de regular el flujo de agua al interior de un tanque.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of flotante
- flotantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flotante?
- /floˈtante/
- [floˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- [floˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flotante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flotante in Spanish?
flotante appears 3.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).